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27th Thüringen-Rundfahrt (U23)- 2.7.1
Germany, May 4-9, 2002
Stage 1 - May 4: Waltershausen - Bad Berka, 140 km
Australian team report
By Brian Stephens, AIS U23 coach
The first stage of the Thüringen Rundfahrt was held in cold, wet conditions in central Germany. The Australian National team consists of a young group, some of whom are riding their first stage race in Europe. The are Jonathan Davis, Ben Johnson and Aaron Kemps. Regular AIS riders, Daniel Mackey and Bruce McIntosh as well as Rory Sutherland who normally rides with Rabobank but joins the National Team for this tour.
Originally there was a prologue planned for this race but it was cancelled as a mark of respect following the massacre at a school in Erfurt, the capital of this region.
Our first casualty of the day was Daniel Mackey who blew a tire right at the base of the cat 1 climb where the race blew apart and where Rory won the Mountain Sprint. He caught a group which was dropped by the main group but was unable to make any further progress.
Next was Jonathan Davis who crashed on a descent. He was not hurt but used valuable energy regaining the field and later he and Rory Sutherland lost contact on a splintering bunch. Bruce McIntosh also lost contact in the final 3 km and the 2 youngest riders in our group were the best finishers. German, Christian Knees won the stage and Rory Sutherland holds the Mountains Jersey.
Results
1 Christian Knees (Ger) Vermarc Sportswear Köln/Porz 3.54.56 (40.89 km/h) 2 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs 3 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs 4 Martin Schmid (Ger) Team Mapei Bayern 5 Mickail Timochine (Rus) Casini Vellutex Zoccorinese 6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Austrian National Team 7 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Casini Vellutex Zoccorinese 8 Tilo Schüler (Ger) RG Giant Frankfurt/Main 9 Moritz Veit (Ger) RG TEAG Team Köstritzer 10 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs 11 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) RG TEAG Team Köstritzer 12 Jonathan McCarty (USA) US National Team 13 William Frischkorn (USA) US National Team 14 Eric Baumann (Ger) RG TEAG Team Köstritzer 0.30 15 Gregor Willwohl (Ger) Landesverbandsmannschaft Berlin 16 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Landesverbandsmannschaft Berlin 17 Hannes Genze (Ger) German National MTB 18 Michael Baumgartner (Swi) Team Hörmann-Romer's 19 Gregory Rast (Swi) Swiss National Team 20 Jan Hollitzer (Ger) Optik Delker Team 'Udo Bölts' 21 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian National Team 22 Ronny Buchholz (Ger) German Track Team 23 Steffen Lockan (Ger) ISPO Lotusan Cottbus 24 Mark Fitzgerald (USA) US National Team 25 Robert Bengsch (Ger) German Track Team 26 Martin Winkelmann (Ger) ISPO Lotusan Cottbus 27 Johannes Kaiser (Ger) RG TEAG Team Köstritzer 28 Leif Lampater (Ger) Hofbäu-Radler Stuttgart 2012 29 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) PSK Remerx 30 Armin Krahl (Ger) Landesverbandsmannschaft Berlin 31 Clemens Großlercher (Aut) Austrian National Team 32 Waldemar Schmidt (Ger) Vermarc Sportswear Köln/Porz 33 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Casini Vellutex Zoccorinese 34 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian National Team 35 Christian May (Ger) Team Mapei Bayern 36 Matthias Roblick (Ger) ISPO Lotusan Cottbus 37 Falk Dworatzek (Ger) RG TEAG Team Köstritzer 38 Paul Martens (Ger) ISPO Lotusan Cottbus 39 Martin Mares (Cze) PSK Remerx 40 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Team Tegeltoko 41 Walker Ferguson (USA) US National Team 42 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Team Tegeltoko 0.45 43 Sven Krauss (Ger) Hofbäu-Radler Stuttgart 2012 44 Viktor Scheidt (Ger) RG Giant Frankfurt/Main 45 Mart Louwers (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs 46 Jens Mouris (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs 47 Christoph Pleier (Ger) Team Mapei Bayern 48 David Loosli (Swi) Swiss National Team 49 Bruno Dreyer (Swi) Swiss National Team 50 Matthias Russ (Ger) Hofbäu-Radler Stuttgart 2012 51 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Swiss National Team 52 Ben Johnson (Aus) Australian National Team 53 Jochen Käß (Ger) German National MTB 54 Morten Knudsen (Den) Danish National Team 1.09 55 Brian Vandborg (Den) Danish National Team 56 Michael Demin (Den) Danish National Team 57 Artjom Botschkarew (Ger) Vermarc Sportswear Köln/Porz 1.27 58 Cornel Bachmann (Swi) Team Hörmann-Romer's 59 Maarten Lenferink (Ned) Team Tegeltoko 60 Thomas Oredsson (Den) Danish National Team 61 André Greipel (Ger) RG TEAG Team Köstritzer 62 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Australian National Team 63 Marco Kiritschenko (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-SC DHfK Leipzig 1.47 64 Rasmus Dyring (Den) Danish National Team 65 Kenan Bulich (Den) Danish National Team 2.15 66 Frank Vorrath (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-SC DHfK Leipzig 67 Karl-Christoph König (Ger) German Track Team 2.25 68 Andreas Dotzauer (Ger) RG Giant Frankfurt/Main 2.33 69 Steffen-Hannes Greger (Ger) Hofbäu-Radler Stuttgart 2012 70 Bruce-John McIntosh (Aus) Australian National Team 71 Timothy Reinhart (USA) US National Team 72 Tim Böhme (Ger) German National MTB 73 David Orvalho (Ned) Team Tegeltoko 74 Michael Schweitzer (Ger) Vermarc Sportswear Köln/Porz 3.17 75 Jan Pokrandt (Ger) ISPO Lotusan Cottbus 76 Marco Hartmann (Swi) Team Hörmann-Romer's 77 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Team Tegeltoko 78 Marc Hug (Ger) German National MTB 3.23 79 Henning Bommel (Ger) German Track Team 80 Hannes Blank (Ger) RG Giant Frankfurt/Main 81 Michael Creed (USA) US National Team 3.27 82 Stefan Zoss (Swi) Team Hörmann-Romer's 3.57 83 Jost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs 5.37 84 Christian Müller (Ger) German Track Team 6.37 85 Niels Kammerer (Ger) Team Mapei Bayern 86 Stefan Richter (Ger) ISPO Lotusan Cottbus 87 Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) German National MTB 88 Thomas Väth (Ger) RG Giant Frankfurt/Main 89 Jonathan Davis (Aus) Australian National Team 8.24 90 Jochen Uhrig (Ger) Team Mapei Bayern 8.47 91 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Australian National Team 10.14 92 Marc Altmann (Ger) Landesverbandsmannschaft Berlin 14.54 93 René Anke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-SC DHfK Leipzig 19.47 94 Arian Buchwalder (Swi) Team Hörmann-Romer's 95 Sascha Lutz (Ger) Landesverbandsmannschaft Berlin 96 Gerrit Henrich (Ger) RG Giant Frankfurt/Main 97 Stefan Nägelin (Swi) Team Hörmann-Romer's 98 Christian Grasmann (Ger) Team Mapei Bayern 20.25 99 David Heine (Ger) Hofbäu-Radler Stuttgart 2012 100 Thorsten Rech (Ger) Optik Delker Team 'Udo Bölts' 101 Miroslav Reitermann (Cze) PSK Remerx 102 Norbert Poels (Ned) Team Tegeltoko 103 Daniel Kryss (Ger) Vermarc Sportswear Köln/Porz 20.40 104 Ianfranco Battaglini (Ita) Casini Vellutex Zoccorinese 20.56 105 Roberto Canu (Ita) Casini Vellutex Zoccorinese 106 Florian Jung (Ger) Optik Delker Team 'Udo Bölts' 21.13 107 Pascal Schoch (Swi) Swiss National Team 108 Marco Von Känel (Swi) Swiss National Team 109 Daniel Schlegel (Ger) German Track Team 110 Daniel Mackey (Aus) Australian National Team 111 Zdenek Zdimal (Cze) PSK Remerx 21.45 112 Diego Nosotti (Ita) Casini Vellutex Zoccorinese 113 Dominik Preugschat (Ger) Optik Delker Team 'Udo Bölts' 23.52 114 Hanjo Veit (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-SC DHfK Leipzig 115 Oliver Otto (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-SC DHfK Leipzig 26.09 116 Jürgen Fraer (Ger) Hofbäu-Radler Stuttgart 2012 31.28 117 Enno Deutschmann (Ger) Vermarc Sportswear Köln/Porz 31.32 118 Jörg Diener (Ger) Optik Delker Team 'Udo Bölts' 119 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Optik Delker Team 'Udo Bölts' 120 Timo Hohnstein (Ger) Landesverbandsmannschaft Berlin 34.55 General classification after stage 1 1 Christian Knees (Ger) Vermarc Sportswear Köln/Porz 3.54.46 2 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs 0.04 3 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs 0.06 4 Martin Schmid (Ger) Team Mapei Bayern 0.10 5 Mickail Timochine (Rus) Casini Vellutex Zoccorinese 6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Austrian National Team 7 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Casini Vellutex Zoccorinese 8 Tilo Schüler (Ger) RG Giant Frankfurt/Main 9 Moritz Veit (Ger) RG TEAG Team Köstritzer 10 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs 11 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) RG TEAG Team Köstritzer 12 Jonathan McCarty (USA) US National Team 13 William Frischkorn (USA) US National Team 14 Steffen Lockan (Ger) ISPO Lotusan Cottbus 0.38 15 Gregory Rast (Swi) Swiss National Team 0.39 16 Eric Baumann (Ger) RG TEAG Team Köstritzer 0.40 17 Gregor Willwohl (Ger) Landesverbandsmannschaft Berlin 18 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Landesverbandsmannschaft Berlin 19 Hannes Genze (Ger) German National MTB 20 Michael Baumgartner (Swi) Team Hörmann-Romer's 21 Jan Hollitzer (Ger) Optik Delker Team 'Udo Bölts' 22 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Austrian National Team 23 Ronny Buchholz (Ger) German Track Team 24 Mark Fitzgerald (USA) US National Team 25 Robert Bengsch (Ger) German Track Team 26 Martin Winkelmann (Ger) ISPO Lotusan Cottbus 27 Johannes Kaiser (Ger) RG TEAG Team Köstritzer 28 Leif Lampater (Ger) Hofbäu-Radler Stuttgart 2012 29 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) PSK Remerx 30 Armin Krahl (Ger) Landesverbandsmannschaft Berlin 31 Clemens Großlercher (Aut) Austrian National Team 32 Waldemar Schmidt (Ger) Vermarc Sportswear Köln/Porz 33 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Casini Vellutex Zoccorinese 34 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Austrian National Team 35 Christian May (Ger) Team Mapei Bayern 36 Matthias Roblick (Ger) ISPO Lotusan Cottbus 37 Falk Dworatzek (Ger) RG TEAG Team Köstritzer 38 Paul Martens (Ger) ISPO Lotusan Cottbus 39 Martin Mares (Cze) PSK Remerx 40 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Team Tegeltoko 41 Walker Ferguson (USA) US National Team 42 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Team Tegeltoko 0.55 43 Sven Krauss (Ger) Hofbäu-Radler Stuttgart 2012 44 Viktor Scheidt (Ger) RG Giant Frankfurt/Main 45 Mart Louwers (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs 46 Jens Mouris (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs 47 Christoph Pleier (Ger) Team Mapei Bayern 48 David Loosli (Swi) Swiss National Team 49 Bruno Dreyer (Swi) Swiss National Team 50 Matthias Russ (Ger) Hofbäu-Radler Stuttgart 2012 51 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Swiss National Team 52 Ben Johnson (Aus) Australian National Team 53 Jochen Käß (Ger) German National MTB 54 Morten Knudsen (Den) Danish National Team 1.19 55 Brian Vandborg (Den) Danish National Team 56 Michael Demin (Den) Danish National Team 57 André Greipel (Ger) RG TEAG Team Köstritzer 1.31 58 Artjom Botschkarew (Ger) Vermarc Sportswear Köln/Porz 1.37 59 Cornel Bachmann (Swi) Team Hörmann-Romer's 60 Maarten Lenferink (Ned) Team Tegeltoko 61 Thomas Oredsson (Den) Danish National Team 62 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Australian National Team 63 Marco Kiritschenko (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-SC DHfK Leipzig 1.57 64 Rasmus Dyring (Den) Danish National Team 65 Kenan Bulich (Den) Danish National Team 2.25 66 Frank Vorrath (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-SC DHfK Leipzig 67 Karl-Christoph König (Ger) German Track Team 2.35 68 Andreas Dotzauer (Ger) RG Giant Frankfurt/Main 2.43 69 Steffen-Hannes Greger (Ger) Hofbäu-Radler Stuttgart 2012 70 Bruce-John McIntosh (Aus) Australian National Team 71 Timothy Reinhart (USA) US National Team 72 Tim Böhme (Ger) German National MTB 73 David Orvalho (Ned) Team Tegeltoko 74 Jan Pokrandt (Ger) ISPO Lotusan Cottbus 3.25 75 Michael Schweitzer (Ger) Vermarc Sportswear Köln/Porz 3.27 76 Marco Hartmann (Swi) Team Hörmann-Romer's 77 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Team Tegeltoko 78 Marc Hug (Ger) German National MTB 3.33 79 Henning Bommel (Ger) German Track Team 80 Hannes Blank (Ger) RG Giant Frankfurt/Main 81 Michael Creed (USA) US National Team 3.37 82 Stefan Zoss (Swi) Team Hörmann-Romer's 4.07 83 Jost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs 5.47 84 Stefan Richter (Ger) ISPO Lotusan Cottbus 6.46 85 Christian Müller (Ger) German Track Team 6.47 86 Niels Kammerer (Ger) Team Mapei Bayern 87 Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) German National MTB 88 Thomas Väth (Ger) RG Giant Frankfurt/Main 89 Jonathan Davis (Aus) Australian National Team 8.34 90 Jochen Uhrig (Ger) Team Mapei Bayern 8.57 91 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Australian National Team 10.24 92 Marc Altmann (Ger) Landesverbandsmannschaft Berlin 15.04 93 René Anke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-SC DHfK Leipzig 19.57 94 Arian Buchwalder (Swi) Team Hörmann-Romer's 95 Sascha Lutz (Ger) Landesverbandsmannschaft Berlin 96 Gerrit Henrich (Ger) RG Giant Frankfurt/Main 97 Stefan Nägelin (Swi) Team Hörmann-Romer's 98 Christian Grasmann (Ger) Team Mapei Bayern 20.35 99 David Heine (Ger) Hofbäu-Radler Stuttgart 2012 100 Thorsten Rech (Ger) Optik Delker Team 'Udo Bölts' 101 Miroslav Reitermann (Cze) PSK Remerx 102 Norbert Poels (Ned) Team Tegeltoko 103 Daniel Kryss (Ger) Vermarc Sportswear Köln/Porz 20.50 104 Ianfranco Battaglini (Ita) Casini Vellutex Zoccorinese 21.06 105 Roberto Canu (Ita) Casini Vellutex Zoccorinese 106 Florian Jung (Ger) Optik Delker Team 'Udo Bölts' 21.23 107 Pascal Schoch (Swi) Swiss National Team 108 Marco Von Känel (Swi) Swiss National Team 109 Daniel Schlegel (Ger) German Track Team 110 Daniel Mackey (Aus) Australian National Team 111 Zdenek Zdimal (Cze) PSK Remerx 21.55 112 Diego Nosotti (Ita) Casini Vellutex Zoccorinese 113 Dominik Preugschat (Ger) Optik Delker Team 'Udo Bölts' 24.02 114 Hanjo Veit (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-SC DHfK Leipzig 115 Oliver Otto (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-SC DHfK Leipzig 26.19 116 Jürgen Fraer (Ger) Hofbäu-Radler Stuttgart 2012 31.38 117 Enno Deutschmann (Ger) Vermarc Sportswear Köln/Porz 31.42 118 Jörg Diener (Ger) Optik Delker Team 'Udo Bölts' 119 Konstantin Schubert (Ger) Optik Delker Team 'Udo Bölts' 120 Timo Hohnstein (Ger) Landesverbandsmannschaft Berlin 35.05 Mountains classification 1 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Australian National Team 5 pts 2 Michael Demin (Den) Danish National Team 5 3 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Casini Vellutex Zoccorinese 3 4 André Greipel (Ger) RG TEAG Team Köstritzer 3 5 Christian Knees (Ger) Vermarc Sportswear Köln/Porz 2 6 Martin Winkelmann (Ger) ISPO Lotusan Cottbus 2 7 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs 1 8 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Austrian National Team 1
